The All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council has alleged that the African Democratic Congress is owing its staff salaries for greater than a 12 months, urging Nigerians to reject the occasion and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, within the 2027 elections.
In an announcement on Monday signed by its spokesperson, Dele Alake, the marketing campaign council mentioned the ADC National Working Committee, led by former Senate President David Mark as chairman and former Osun State Governor Rauf Aregbesola as secretary, had did not pay occasion staff for greater than 12 months.
The APC described the alleged non-payment as “unconscionable,” arguing {that a} occasion looking for to manipulate Nigeria ought to first exhibit its capability to handle its personal workforce.
“We find it unconscionable that a political party that has made many grandiose promises to hoodwink Nigerians owes its workers for more than 12 months,” Mr Alake mentioned.
“Owing staff who come to work every day and who rely on the salaries for their daily sustenance is wicked and reprehensible.”
The APC mentioned the alleged improvement uncovered what it described because the “emptiness and insincerity” of the ADC and its leaders, who’ve offered themselves as a substitute for the ruling occasion.
Atiku has a popularity for owing staff
The marketing campaign council additionally alleged that Atiku, the ADC presidential candidate, had beforehand confronted complaints over unpaid salaries at his companies.
“Atiku Abubakar, the ADC’s leader and presidential candidate, has a reputation for owing his employees,” Mr Alake mentioned, alleging that staff at Gotel Communications and different companies linked to the previous vice chairman had gone months with out pay and staged protests over unpaid salaries and different advantages.
The APC additionally attacked Mr Aregbesola’s document as governor of Osun State, accusing his administration of failing to pay staff and pensioners recurrently.
Mr Alake alleged that the previous governor launched quarter- and half-salary funds for staff and left pensioners unpaid for greater than 4 years.
“As for pensioners, he abandoned them for more than four years. Many died because they could not afford the basics of life,” he mentioned.
The APC spokesperson mentioned the alleged failure of the ADC to pay its staff matched what he described because the data of a number of the occasion’s main figures.
“We are therefore not surprised that ADC, harbouring birds of the same feather, cannot pay its workers’ salaries,” he mentioned.
APC urges Nigerians to reject ADC
The marketing campaign council referred to as on Nigerians, notably staff, to reject the ADC, Atiku and different candidates contesting elections on the occasion’s platform in 2027.
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“We are sounding a warning to Nigerians and working people now: reject ADC. Reject Atiku Abubakar and reject all ADC candidates in the next general elections,” Mr Alake mentioned.
The assertion comes because the ADC positions itself as a serious opposition platform forward of the 2027 elections, with Atiku among the many outstanding political figures who’ve joined the occasion.
PREMIUM TIMES contacted the ADC National Publicity Secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi, and its Director of Media and Publicity, Kola Ologbondiyan, for his or her responses to the allegations.
However, neither Mr Abdullahi nor Mr Ologbondiyan had responded to the enquiries as of the time of submitting this report.
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